Frostbite *OLD*

Doctor

Sage couldn't believe that worked, she has got Shadow to help her. She looked over at him as the made their way through the city. She frowned a bit, he looked like this was the worse day of his life; and Sage knew it wasn't. Then her stomach rumbled some. Shadow groaned, “Let me guess,” he started “you need something?” Sage looked down nervously, why am I so nervous? She asked herself.
“Yeah, I haven't ate anything all day and...I would like to eat something before we left the city.” she admitted.  He sighed, “Alright just get what you need and meet me here in one hour so that we can leave.” Then he turned to walk away.
What am I supposed to do now? Apparently Shadow doesn't want to help and I have no cash and no where to go for an hour....she sighed deeply. Stop complaining and look on the bright side. She thought for a moment...okay I don't see a bright side. She looked down at the locator with a sad expression. What am I doing here? In reality I'm all alone. NO friends. No family. My friends and family back at home probably think I'm dead and think that J.J. Is crazy if he told them anything...I hope he's okay. And I'm just stuck here. Just me. All alone.
Sage began to tear up a bit. Don't do that, she told herself, not here. But the tears came anyways, as much as she told them to stop they continued to stream. Her vision blurred with her tears. She thought about talking to Tails through the Emerald Locator but what could she tell him? 'Hi Tails, I just wanted to say hi and I'm depressed right now but don't worry about me I'm fine and my friend is fine too.'  My only friend here... Then she felt someone's hand on her shoulder. The touch made her jump and she turned around to see who it was. She had to wipes her eyes quickly since everything was still blurry. It was Shadow.
“I left you ten minutes and you're crying? What are you lonely or something?” he said sarcastically. Sage sadly nodded her head yes still wiping tears from her eyes. He groaned in frustration, “Look I'm sorry okay? I came back because I can't go with you to find any emeralds since your excuse doesn't seem plausible. Why would Sonic need the emeralds in the first place? I have business to take care here, no time for games. Sorry kid but I have to go.” Then he left again. Sage didn't blame him really, she was sure he had much more important things to do. She wasn't even sure what she was supposed to do now.
She walked over to what used to be a park but was very much abandoned now and found a bench to sit on. After a while of fighting sleep she finally laid down and closed her eyes.

The next morning
“Sage? Hey Sage, wake up!”
What? Who could possibly know me besides...Sage opened her eyes to see Silver standing over her. “Silver?!” She leaned up slowly feeling really sore after sleeping on the wood bench. “We've been looking everywhere for y-” he was cut off when Sage hugged him. “Uh you okay?” he asked a bit concerned. She let go feeling a bit awkward since she only knew the guy for one day. “Sorry I just missed you guys.” That's when she noticed Mephiles and Knuckles there too. “Knuckles, I thought-”
“I couldn't go back because the birds wouldn't  let me cross. They've been acting strange lately.” he said. But Sage was still confused as to why the trio were there with her besides where they should be. Mephiles could sense her uneasiness and spoke up behind his striped scarf. “We all are here to help you Sage. You're not the only one wanting answers and to put an end to this and possibly help Sonic.”
“You guys...thank you so much. I really appreciate it.” She said happily.  Mephiles put a cold hand on her shoulder, “Anything to help a friend.”  Then Silver walked to the center of the group as if he was about to unveil a grand plan but said this instead, “So what's the plan guys?” Knuckles groaned and face palmed, “Are you serious?! You should've thought of one on the way here you pothead!” Silver looked hurt at the echidna's words and shot back, “Well sorry for not thinking about it and don't make fun of my quills!”  
Sage and Mephiles just watched as the two bickered back and forth like little kids for five minutes. Then Sage had enough. “Hey this isn't going to get us anywhere!” They stopped talking and looked at her, and for once she was glad to have everyone's attention. “Lets start at the beginning. What happened? How much do you three know?” The trio looked at one another and was about to answer when a familiar pain hit Sage right in the stomach. “Um lets discuss this over breakfast.” she offered. Silver and Knuckles seemed glad to hear this, maybe because they were hungry too, but Mephiles just shrugged his shoulders and followed everyone to a nearby restaurant.
After everyone had got their plates, except for Mephiles, and Knuckles began his part of the story.
“It was just a normal day on the Island. Then he- Sonic came. He didn't look like himself...He had these crystal poking out of his body everywhere and his hands were covered in blood. I went up to him, I could sense something wasn't right, I asked him what had happened. Then..” Knuckles paused for a moment  but then continued. “He attacked me, but I was able to fight him off. And his voice...it wasn't his, it was like something cold had crawled inside of him and took over his mind...and body. I was finally able to fight him off the island and that when those birds came. I have heard of them, they are protectors of the Master Emerald and the Island. They only appear when something dark and powerful is close. It doesn't matter who you are they will attack. Sage knows that.” He looked at her as he said the last part. “And then I found out what he did to Tails and Amy...I can never forgive him, at least not at first. I know it isn't really him, the Sonic I know would never hurt or kill one of his friends.” Then to signal that he was done, he took a bite of his pancakes. Silver sighed knowing that it was his turn but he also had Mephiles to back him up as well. “Ok so me and recolor over here were just in the city minding our business and then out of no where Sonic is going berserk! It was like he lost his marbles...or something! He just went around destroying everything in sight and the craziest thing was that Sonic had other powers besides just his speed. Like wherever he went there was ice, I almost fell so many times and-” Mephiles nudged him to stick to the story. “Right but anyways we tried to reason with him but he just kept saying 'Not enough. Too hot.' That's when I realized...”He paused dramatically. “Sonic was searching for water.” Mephiles face palmed, Knuckles groaned, and Sage actually laughed and then everyone at the table joined with her. “Come on guys this is serious.” Silver added.  
“Anyways, the city was destroyed and turned into a freezer, so all the citizens left; and soon after Sonic did as well, and the ice went with him.” Mephiles added. Then a question popped into Sage's mind, “Does anyone know where Sonic is now?” Mephiles just shrugged his shoulders, something Sage noticed that he did a lot. “No one knows where he disappeared to.” Silver said in all honesty. They all sat there in silence taking all this information in.
So where do we go from here? And did Sonic really kill Amy? There has to be someone that would-...
“I know someone who is trying to find Sonic and can help us, possibly.” Sage spoke up. Silver and Knuckles looked up from their plates and Mephiles was staring the whole time, but she had their attention. “Who?” they asked in unison. She had a hesitant look which caused them to become a bit wary of her answer. Growing impatient Knuckles asked again, “Who?”
“The Doctor.” she said.


A/N: This is where I realized that I have no idea what I am doing ^^'